We are expressing our strong support to the presidential candidacy of Sen. Grace Poe in 2016 elections.

We are optimistic that a Poe administration will institute policies versus smuggling of agricultural products and implement policies that will develop the country’s agri sector, something that the current administration has failed to fully address.

It is a double-whammy for Filipinos. On one hand, the government is losing much-needed revenues. On the other hand, those involved in the local production of agricultural products are not able to compete with these smuggled goods.

Senator Poe has also consistently underscored the importance of food security, which entails improving local agri production, with the additional 500,000 hectares of irrigated farmlands.

We are optimistic that a Poe administration will institute policies versus smuggling of agricultural products and implement policies that will develop the country’s agri sector, something that the current administration has failed to fully address.